2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
International Comparison of Employment System and Income Distribution
| Project/Area Number |
21330057
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Applied economics
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| Research Institution | Kobe University |
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Principal Investigator |
MITANI Naoki 神戸大学, 大学院・経済学研究科, 教授 (70219666)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
OSHIO Takashi 一橋大学, 経済研究所, 教授 (50268132)
OKAMURA Kazuaki 高知大学, 人文学部, 准教授 (70325398)
YUGAMI Kazufumi 神戸大学, 大学院・経済学研究科, 准教授 (90457036)
SANO Shinpei 神戸大学, 大学院・経済学研究科, 准教授 (80452481)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2009 – 2011
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| Keywords | 労働経済学 / 所得分配 / 健康 / 幸福度 |
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| Research Abstract |
In this research project, we investigated(1) wage differentials and wage structures,(2) youth employment by employment status,(3) income distribution, job satisfaction, health and happiness, in the perspective of international comparison. Main findings are(i) wage determination elements have shifted from "skills" such as education and experiences to "tasks" such as occupation and posts, due to structural changes in labor demand by IT technologies etc.(ii) in Japan, the transition from temporary employment to regular employment among young workers is slower, compared with UK and Germany,(iii) there is a negative relationship between happiness and income differential by region, and it is especially large among low-educated and/or non-regular workers, etc.
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